Another similar exercise (and simpler one!) would be
to draw a map of sun spots as seen through your sextant.
I alcually have never seen sun sports "alive" before I bought a
sextant:-)
>a fun way to learn the lunar landscape and an interesting test of the
>eye's I've heard of some of these stories before, but I'm somewhat
>skeptical. With
> resolution.
and:
>so many more people alive today, it's always more likely
>that the extremes
>of the human condition are alive today than in centuries past.
Sure. And probably there are many such cases.
My information is out of date, of course.
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